Delivery mechanism for addressing-machines.



S. O. COX.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR ADDRESSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 11I 1906.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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S. O. COX.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR ADDRESSING MACHINES.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 11. 1906.

1,001,507, Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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, S. O. COX.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR ADDRESSING MACHINES.

APPLIOATION rum) JUNEll, 1006.

1,001 ,507, Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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UNITE TAT PATENT OFFIOF.

SANDFORD O. COX, 0F EDISON PARK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO COX MULTI-MAILERCOMPANY, OF AUGUSTA, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR ADDRESSING-MACHINES.

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Patented Aug. 1911.

Divided and this application filed June 11,

19(26. Serial N0. 321,175.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Sawnronn (3. Cox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Edison Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Delivery Mechanismfor Addressing-Machines, &c., of which the following is a Full, clear,and exact specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the mechanism for deliveringor conveying paper or the like from an addressing or printing machine,and the object of the same is to provide an improved device ot thischaracter which will uniformly convey the paper from the machine afterbeing printed or addressed and to automatically collect them in acompact and orderly form ready for shipment or mailing.

A further object is to construct an im proved device of this characterwhich will be simple and cheap in construction and etlicient inoperation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new anduseful objects as will appear the invention consists in the features ofnovelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of the severalparts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in theaccompanying drawings, illustrating, an exemplitication of thisinvention, and in which Figure 1 is a view on line 1--1 of Fig. 3showing one side of a machine having the improvement constructed .inaccordance with the principles of this invention applied thereto, andpartly in section. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the other side of themachine. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. -t is a sectional view on line47' .l: of F 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5 l) of Fig. 1. Fig.6 is a view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail view of a portionof the receivingrack for the papers and the packer fingers.

In my original application for patent, tiled February 29, 1904, SerialNumber 195,869, and of which this present application is a division,there is shown and described a particular type of addressing, machine,including a rotary type drum, a portion only of which is here shown andindi- Gated by the reference numeral 10, upon the periphery 01' whichare a plurality of type clamps com n'ising a stationary memher '11 amt amovable member 12. This drum is supported in a suitable frame 13, aportion only of which is shown. Journaled in the frame 13, and adjacentthe drum T10 is a shatt '14, to which is secured a drum or roller 15,over which passes any suitable number of endless tapes or belts 10, aportion only (it which is shown. A. belt tightener pulley l7 suitablymounted, is provided For the belts or tapes and the lower run thereo'tpreferably passes over an idler or guide pulley 18. The forward end ofthe belt or tape passes over an ordinary pulley, not shown.

Arranged opposite and parallel with the roller 15 is an idle roller'ltl-whieh may be mounted in brackets 20 adjustably secured to standards21, so that the roller it) will also act as a belt tightcner. An idlerpulley 22 is arranged below the idle roller 19 and in Front of theroller or drum to, and a suitable endless belt or tape 23 passes aroundthe roller 22, the lower run of which is parallel with and preterably ontop of the tape or belt Hi, and the upper run passes over the idler It).Any suitable number ot these belts or tapes 22% may be provided, asshown in Fig. 3, and are preferably spaced from each other so that onebelt or tape will stand directly above each of the belts or tapes 16,with its other end passingover an ordinary pulley or drum, not shown.

Suitable guide plates 24-25 are provided adjacent the roller 15 throughwhich the tapes or belts til--25) pass, and the Forward ends ot theseplates are preferably bent or tlared away from each other, to permit theready entrance of the papers, presently to be described, and the upperplate 94: is provided with spaced slots 26.

A rocker shaft 97 is suitably supported by the Frame 13, and secured tothe shaft are any suitable number ol sleeves or collars 28,corresponding in number to the number of notches or slots 26 in theplate 24-. Slidably mounted in these sleeves o1 collars 28 are suitablearms or rods 29 which are secured in position in any suitable mannerpreferably by means of screws or bolts 30, whereby they may be adjustedas desired. The extremities of these rods or arms act jacent the plates2425, are provided with gages or stops 31, which are adapted to enterthe slots 26 in the plate 24 and rest upon the plate 25, to formobstructions for a paper carried forward by the tapes or belts 16-23,said slots and gages being located to one side of the belts or tapes, topermit such operation.

An arm 31 is provided preferably on one end of the shaft 27, the freeend of which is adapted to normally engage and rest upon the peripheryof a cam 33, which latter is mounted upon and driven by the shaft 14when the roller 15 rotates. The rotation of this cam will cause theengaging end of the arm 31 to rise and fall which will rock the shaft27, to cause the gages or stops 31 to be raised or lowered into and outof the slots 26, as will be understood.

The collars or sleeves 28 may be secured to the shaft 27, in any desiredmanner and may be prevented from longitudinal displacement by means ofcollars 34 secured on the shaft 27, by means of bolts or screws 35.

Any suitable means may be employed for rotating the shaft 14, such as apulley 36 or the like. An inclined rack or deflector 37 is arrangedbelow the roller 15, between the idler 22 and tightener 17, respectivelyof the belts or tapes 23 and 16, and above and over one end of areceiving trough or receptacle 38. This receiver or trough 38 issupported by the frame 13, and the bottom thereof is preferably composedof slats 39.

Journaled below the trough or receiver 38 is a rock shaft 40, to whichis secured in any suitable manner arms or fingers 41, and said fingersare of a length to project into the trough or receptacle through theslats 39. These fingers 41 are also adapted to pass through the rack ordeflector 37, when the shaft 40 is rocked in a manner to be set forth.

Secured to the shaft 14, and on the side of the frame, opposite to thecam 33, is a cam 42, preferably in the form of a box cam having itsgroove 43 in the side thereof. An arm or crank 44 is secured to the rockshaft 40 in any desired manner, and loosely connected to the free endthereof is one end of a rod 45. The free end of this rod is connected tothe shaft 14, by means of a strap or yoke 46, which passes over the saidshaft 14, and with its free ends secured in any desired manner on theopposite sides of the end of the rod 45. Projecting laterally from thisrod is a pin or lug 47 which stands within and is adapted to travel inthe groove 43 of the cam 42. Suitable space is left between theextremity of the rod 45 and the shaft 14, to permit the pin or lug 47 tofollow the contour of the groove 43, to raise and lower the rod to rockthe shaft 40.

In operation the papers are fed between the adjacent runs of the tapesor belts 1623, which latter are operated in any suitable manner. Thepapers are brought adj acent the type wheel 10 and printed or marked, inthe manner set forth in the original application previously referred to.Be-

fore being printed or stamped, a portion of the paper passes between theplates 2425 and engage the gages 31 which latter straighten or true thepaper for marking. The cam 33, is so positioned with relation to the arm31- as to cause the gages to be lowered within the path of movement ofthe paper as it approaches the type wheel 10, and to raise the gages topermit the paper to pass on after being marked or printed, thisoperation has also been set forth in the previously referred toapplication. hen the gages are raised the paper is carried forward anddownwardly past the roller 15 by that portion of the belt or tape 16which travels around the idler 17 and by one end of the belts or tapes23, which pass around the idler 22, arranged below the roller 19 and infront of the roller 15, thus delivering the paper downwardly against theslightly inclined rack 37 and into the trough or receptacle 38. l/Vhenthe papers enter this trough or receptacle 38, they are pushed forwardby the packing arms or fingers 41, which are oscillated back and forthfrom a position behind the rack 37 to a posit-ion in front thereof, thefingers or arms passing through the rack when moving backwardly, as willbe understood, to allow the paper to fall in front of the fingers orarms. These fingers or arms are oscillated in harmony with the operationof the printing mechanism to push each paper forward as described, bythe rocker shaft 40 upon which they are mounted, and said shaft isrocked by means of the cam groove 43, and pin or lug 47, which causesthe rod 45 to rise and fall as the cam rotates.- This rod when raisedwill hold the fingers or arms 41 behind the rack 37, until the paper hashad ample opportunity to fall into the receiver and to then throw thearms or fingers forward for pushing such paper up to its place againstthe others when the rod is lowered.

In order that the invention might be fully understood, the details of anembodiment thereof have been thus specifically described, but

lVhat I claim is 1. In an addressing machine or the like, thecombination of means for delivering the addressed papers in a downwarddirection, edge first, a slotted receiver for the papers, a rock shaftjournaled below the receiver, fingers on the shaft and projectingthrough the slots in the receiver and adapted to engage the papers, acam operatively related to the delivery mechanism, an arm on the shaft,a rod, one end of which is connected to the arm, the other endterminating short of the cam shaft, a yoke connected to the end of therod and passing over the shaft, and a lateral projection on the rodengaging the cam whereby the rod will be raised and lowered to rock theshaft and oscillate the fingers when the cam is operated.

2. in an addressing machine or the like, the combination of means fordelivering the papers in a downward direction, edge first, said meanscomprising endless movable belts, the extremity of one belt beinglocated beyond the extremity of the other belt, and both extremitiesbeing deflected with relation to the line of travel of their bodyportion, and a receiver for catching the papers and a stationary rackseparate from the receiver and upon which the papers are delivered fordirecting them into the receiver.

3. In an addressing machine or the like, the combination of means fordelivering the papers in a downward direction edge first, said meanscomprising a pair of endless belts, arranged one above the other andwith the lower run of the upper belt in close proximity to the upper runof the lower belt, the delivery extremity of the lower belt beinglocated beyond the extremity of the upper belt, said extremity of bothof the belts being located below the body portion of their respectivebelt, a receiver for the papers and a stationary inclined rack uponwhich the papers are adapted to be delivered for directing them into thereceiver.

4t. In an addressing machine or the like, the combination of means fordelivering the papers in a downward direction edge first, said meanscomprising a pair of endless belts, arranged one above the other andwith the lower run of the upper belt in close proximity to the upper runof the lower bolt, the delivery end of the lower belt being locatedbeyond the end of the upper belt, said end of both of the belts beinglocated below the body portion of their respective belt, a rack locatedat a point between the extremities of the delivery ends of the belts,the lower belt passing through the rack and the upper belt standingadjacent the face of the rack, and a receptacle for the papers, saidrack being adapted to receive the papers and direct them into thereceptacle.

5. In an addressing machine or the like, the combination of means fordelivering the papers in a dmvnward direction, edge first, said meanscomprising endless movable belts, the extremity of one belt beinglocated beyond the extremity of the other belt, a stationary inclinedrack adjacent the belt which has its delivery extremity beyond theextremity of the other belt and having its receiving surtaceintersecting the line oil travel of the delivery run of the said belt,and a receiver for catching the papers, said rack delivering the paperson edge into the receiver.

(3. In an addressing machine or the like, the combination oil. means fordelivering the papers in a downward direction, edge first, said meanscomprising endless movable belts, the extremityot one belt being locatedbeyond the extremity of the other belt, both :xtremities being deflectedwith relation to the line o'l travel of their body portion, a stationaryinclined rack adjacent the belt which has its delivery extremity beyondthe extremity of the other belt and having its receiving surfaceintersecting the line of travel of the delivery run of the said belt,and a receiver lor catching the papers, said rack delivering the paperson edge into the receiver.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses on this 31st day of May A. D.1906.

SANDFORD (l. COX.

WVitnesses:

EDWARD II. SAN roan, J. ToMLmsoN.

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